Go for it: ideas for travelling now

Wouldn’t you rather be on holiday? Here are six good reasons to just pack up and go, starting with...

In one week: you and the ballet-mad little girl in your life could be
checking in at Brown’s Hotel (020 7493 6020, roccofortehotels.com),
in London W1, for a package celebrating the opening of Degas and the Ballet:
Picturing Movement at the Royal Academy of Arts (royalacademy.org.uk).

The one-night deal includes tickets for the exhibition, a pair of ballet pumps
from French Sole, a ballet-themed pedicure and a prima ballerina costume for
la petite balletomane. The price is £515 for one adult and one child.

In two weeks: you could be in India, learning the even trickier steps
of the garba and mastering the delicate swordplay of the dandiya raas at the
spectacular Navratri dance festival, held in honour of the goddesses Durga,
Lakshmi and Saraswati. Indus Tours (020 8901 7320, industours.co.uk)
has a nine-day trip offering visits to tribal and artisan villages such as
Bhuj, Patan and Modhera